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// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "base/command_line.h"
#include "base/compiler_specific.h"
#include "base/prefs/pref_service.h"
#include "chrome/browser/chromeos/login/login_manager_test.h"
#include "chrome/browser/chromeos/login/startup_utils.h"
#include "chrome/browser/chromeos/login/ui/user_adding_screen.h"
#include "chrome/browser/chromeos/profiles/profile_helper.h"
#include "chrome/browser/chromeos/settings/cros_settings.h"
#include "chrome/browser/chromeos/settings/stub_cros_settings_provider.h"
#include "chrome/browser/ui/browser.h"
#include "chrome/browser/ui/tabs/tab_strip_model.h"
#include "chrome/common/chrome_switches.h"
#include "chrome/common/pref_names.h"
#include "chrome/test/base/ui_test_utils.h"
#include "chromeos/settings/cros_settings_names.h"
#include "components/user_manager/user_manager.h"
#include "content/public/browser/web_contents.h"
#include "content/public/test/browser_test_utils.h"
#include "content/public/test/test_utils.h"

namespace chromeos {

namespace {

const char* kTestUsers[] = { "test-user1@gmail.com", "test-user2@gmail.com" };

}  // namespace

class AccountsOptionsTest : public LoginManagerTest {
 public:
  AccountsOptionsTest()
    : LoginManagerTest(false),
      device_settings_provider_(NULL) {
    stub_settings_provider_.Set(kDeviceOwner, base::StringValue(kTestUsers[0]));
  }

  ~AccountsOptionsTest() override {}

  void SetUpOnMainThread() override {
    LoginManagerTest::SetUpOnMainThread();
    CrosSettings* settings = CrosSettings::Get();
    device_settings_provider_ = settings->GetProvider(kDeviceOwner);
    settings->RemoveSettingsProvider(device_settings_provider_);
    settings->AddSettingsProvider(&stub_settings_provider_);
  }

  void TearDownOnMainThread() override {
    CrosSettings* settings = CrosSettings::Get();
    settings->RemoveSettingsProvider(&stub_settings_provider_);
    settings->AddSettingsProvider(device_settings_provider_);
    LoginManagerTest::TearDownOnMainThread();
  }

  void SetUpCommandLine(base::CommandLine* command_line) override {
    LoginManagerTest::SetUpCommandLine(command_line);
  }

 protected:
  void CheckAccountsUI(const user_manager::User* user, bool is_owner) {
    Profile* profile = ProfileHelper::Get()->GetProfileByUserUnsafe(user);

    ui_test_utils::BrowserAddedObserver observer;
    Browser* browser = CreateBrowser(profile);
    observer.WaitForSingleNewBrowser();

    ui_test_utils::NavigateToURL(browser,
                                 GURL("chrome://settings-frame/accounts"));
    content::WebContents* contents =
        browser->tab_strip_model()->GetActiveWebContents();

    bool warning_visible;
    ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
        contents,
        "var e = document.getElementById('ownerOnlyWarning');"
        "var visible = e.offsetWidth > 0 && e.offsetHeight > 0;"
        "window.domAutomationController.send(visible);",
        &warning_visible));
    EXPECT_EQ(is_owner, !warning_visible);

    bool guest_option_enabled;
    ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
        contents,
        "var e = document.getElementById('allowBwsiCheck');"
        "window.domAutomationController.send(!e.disabled);",
        &guest_option_enabled));
    EXPECT_EQ(is_owner, guest_option_enabled);

    bool supervised_users_enabled;
    ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
        contents,
        "var e = document.getElementById('allowSupervisedCheck');"
        "window.domAutomationController.send(!e.disabled);",
        &supervised_users_enabled));
    ASSERT_EQ(is_owner, supervised_users_enabled);

    bool user_pods_enabled;
    ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
        contents,
        "var e = document.getElementById('showUserNamesCheck');"
        "window.domAutomationController.send(!e.disabled);",
        &user_pods_enabled));
    EXPECT_EQ(is_owner, user_pods_enabled);

    bool whitelist_enabled;
    ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
        contents,
        "var e = document.getElementById('useWhitelistCheck');"
        "window.domAutomationController.send(!e.disabled);",
        &whitelist_enabled));
    EXPECT_EQ(is_owner, whitelist_enabled);
  }

  StubCrosSettingsProvider stub_settings_provider_;
  CrosSettingsProvider* device_settings_provider_;

 private:
  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AccountsOptionsTest);
};

IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(AccountsOptionsTest, PRE_MultiProfilesAccountsOptions) {
  RegisterUser(kTestUsers[0]);
  RegisterUser(kTestUsers[1]);
  StartupUtils::MarkOobeCompleted();
}

IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(AccountsOptionsTest, MultiProfilesAccountsOptions) {
  LoginUser(kTestUsers[0]);
  UserAddingScreen::Get()->Start();
  content::RunAllPendingInMessageLoop();
  AddUser(kTestUsers[1]);

  user_manager::UserManager* manager = user_manager::UserManager::Get();
  ASSERT_EQ(2u, manager->GetLoggedInUsers().size());

  CheckAccountsUI(manager->FindUser(kTestUsers[0]), true /* is_owner */);
  CheckAccountsUI(manager->FindUser(kTestUsers[1]), false /* is_owner */);
}

}  // namespace chromeos

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Q: Standard SQL - Sum arrays in a column I have a question regarding BigQuery (using Standard SQL).
Suppose I have the following data:
Id  Arrays
1   [1, 4]
2   [2]
1   [3, 4, 6, 91]
2   [0, 9, 1, 4, 0, 37]

I want to sum the arrays to the following output:
Id  Arrays
1   [4, 8, 6, 91]
2   [2, 9, 1, 4, 0, 37]

The number of elements in each array can vary. And the order of the summed result matters a lot.
I considered user defined functions in Standard SQL, but failed.
Can anyone tell me if this is possible to achieve by using standard SQL and if yes, how?
It would be great if you can show me a sample code. Thanks in advance.

A: This should work:
SELECT
  id, ARRAY_AGG(x ORDER BY idx) AS arrays
FROM (
  SELECT id, idx, SUM(x) AS x
  FROM table,
  UNNEST(arrays) AS x WITH OFFSET idx
  GROUP BY id, idx
)
GROUP BY id

It first sums the array elements based on index, then re-aggregates into arrays using the original element order.

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#研究分享#【情侣分手在微博上就像一场地震】
分类:研究 | 发表于 2014年10月2日 星期四 下午 1:03
#研究分享#【情侣分手在微博上就像一场地震】对Twitter上浪漫关系的研究表明:1.两人关系越持久越不容易分手;2.分手前预警:和伴侣的信息减少,和其他人增多;3.分手后会:变得更自我、从宗教中寻找安慰、诅咒现实、从我爱你变成我恨你、大规模删除好友(平均15-20个)、被抛弃的要比抛弃者痛苦。
Relationship Mining on Twitter Shows How Being Dumped Hurts More than Dumping
The first data mining study of romantic relationships on Twitter reveals that social networks undergo the equivalent of earthquakes after break ups.
"The breakup of a romantic relationship is one of the most distressing experiences one can go through in life." So begin Venkata Garimella at Aalto University in Finland and a couple of pals, with more than a hint of misty-eyed regret. These guys have more insight than most thanks to their work studying the break-up of romantic relationships through the medium of Twitter.
As social media has permeated every aspect of daily life, its role in romantic relationships has become ubiquitous, as phrases such as "Facebook official" testify. But while the role of Facebook in relationships has been well studied, the part that Twitter plays is less well understood.
Today, Garimella and co put that right with the first comprehensive study of the way relationship break-ups are reflected in the Twitter stream. The results provide new insights into the psychological role of social media in relationship break downs and reveal an entirely new phenomenon of "batch unfriending" among people who break up.
To find couples who have broken up, Garimella and co began with a dataset of 80 per cent of all the tweets posted on Twitter during a 28 hour period in July 2013. They filtered this data looking for users who had mentioned another user in their profile along with words and phrases such as boyfriend, girlfriend, love, bf, gf, taken and so on. Their idea is that this pattern is indicative that two users are in a romantic relationship.
They removed from the resulting list all accounts mentioning other accounts of the same person on other services such as Instagram and Vine. They also removed accounts that mentioned celebrities such as @JustinBieber and @KatyPerry along with words like boyfriend or girlfriend, which seemed to imply some kind of one-sided, para-romantic relationship these personalities.
That left the team with almost 80,000 users (40,000 pairs) who appeared to be romantically linked. They followed the tweets from these couples between November 2013 and April 2014 and picked out all those whose romantic status appeared to have changed. "If they were in a relationship in November and not in April, we assume that the couple broke up sometime during this period," say Garimella and co.
They pruned this further by filtering for English language users based in the US, Canada and the UK, so as to rule out misunderstandings in the data analysis that might arise from language or cultural issues. They also excluded married couples, since psychologists have long known that these relationships follow different dynamics. And they excluded people in same sex relationships for the same reason.
Finally, Garimella and co asked three human judges to read the original profiles and determine whether each of the remaining couples really were romantically linked. (They used an online crowdsourcing service for this). They included only those couples that all three judges agreed on.
That left 661 couples who appeared to have broken up during the study period. Indeed, Garimella and co were able to pinpoint the weeks during which the break up occurred by looking for the dates on which users removed their former partner's name from their profiles.
As a control, the team also picked at random a further 661 couples who did not break up during the study.
Some of the results are unsurprising. For example, by searching the last 3000 or so tweets from all these users, Garimella and co were able to work out when most of the relationships began and so how long they lasted. It turns out that longer-lasting relationships are less likely to break down, something that psychologists have long known from real-world studies.
The team also studied how people's profiles changed after their relationship broke down by counting the frequency of words used and how this changed. The top gainers were "im", "god", "don't", "live", "single", "dreams", "blessed" and "fuck". They created world clouds of the before and after world frequencies to highlight this difference (see picture above). "One story that potentially emerges from this is that people (i) become more self-centered, (ii) find stability in religion and spirituality, but also (iii) curse life for what has happened," conclude Garimella and co.
They also studied the change in communication patterns between users who have broken up. Their finding is easy to sum up. "The change is roughly from "I love you so …" to "I hate when you …," say Garimella and co, who were surprised by the public nature of the infighting that occurs post-break up.
More interesting is the clear change in pattern of communication that occurs before a break up. As a break up approaches, the number of messages to the partner decreases while the number of messages to other users increases. "These observations could potentially lead to "early breakup warning" systems," they say.
But the most thought-provoking finding is the discovery of a process the team call "batch unfriending". Garimella and co say there is clear evidence that after a break up, each partners' number of friends and followers drops by around 15-20. In other words, there is a sudden change in each partners' network of connections after the break up.
That's something of a surprise. "After the breakup, we were expecting partners to potentially unfollow each other but, apart from that, we were expecting "business as usual" as far as the social network was concerned," they say. The change is akin to a kind of earthquake in the social network—a sudden re-arrangement of links. Just why this happens so suddenly isn't clear but is clearly an interesting topic for further study.
Garimella and co also found evidence for post-break up depression by analysing the language used in tweets. However, it is not clear whether the depression is the result of the break up or the cause of it. They also say that the person who initiated the end of the relationship, feels less depressed than the person who is rejected. In other words, being dumped hurts more than dumping.
That's a fascinating insight into the death of relationships, as played out on Twitter. And it provides plenty of fodder for future work. For example, there is the body of work that infers personality traits of users based on their language usage. So one possibility would be to look for correlations between personality types and relationship break downs.
Then there is the strange world of one-sided para-relationships with celebrities, which also seem to break up like ordinary ones. Do these users also experience post-relationship blues? Justin Bieber and Katy Perry might be interested to know about the unintended consequences of their online fame.
Clearly there is plenty of low hanging fruit in the emerging world of relationship data mining.
Ref: arxiv.org/abs/1409.5980 From "I love you babe" to "leave me alone" - Romantic Relationship Breakups on Twitter
文章来源:MIT Tech Review
文章链接:http://www.technologyreview.com/view/531271/relationship-mining-on-twitter-shows-how-being-dumped-hurts-more-than-dumping/
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Unspecified vulnerability in the Hyperion Common Admin component in Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.2 and 11.1.2.3 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to User Interface.
Unspecified vulnerability in the Hyperion Common Admin component in Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.2 and 11.1.2.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to User Interface.
Unspecified vulnerability in the Hyperion Common Admin component in Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.2 and 11.1.2.3 allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to User Interface.
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Monday Motivational Message: At last a multitasking mug!
Mrs Peacock followed Professor Plum into the garden - what happened next will amaze you!
Worst game of Cluedo ever? It was The Giant standing in the garden behind Mrs Peacock who murdered Professor Plum with a dagger.
I think we can work out what is going on here. It's the 1970s... the movie Saturday Night Fever is hot. Skateboards are hot. And computers are boring boxes. But never mind, let's put them altogether, add a blonde skater-chick to the mix and hope the coolness rubs off on the box.
After my latest birthday and a realisation that, like Cheddar Cheese, I've moved on from 'Mature' to a 'Vintage' status, I thought I'd see what health benefits the Mediterranean Diet could offer. So far so good though I do find smoking Gitanes cigarettes a bit hard going!
Tech Throwback Thursday: Innuendo Ahoy!
Forget the current stories about sexist behaviour in Silicon Valley and the toxic 'bro' culture at Uber, check out this gobsmackingly innuendo-laden ad from way back.
When you said Normal for Norfolk on your Tinder profile, this is wasn't quite was I was expecting!
Tech Throwback Thursday: Computing was so much more fun in the Sixties!
And what a wonderful location for a workstation, perched on the edge of a lake!
Today's WTF Moment... well it is 50 years since the Summer of Love!
Walking past the Ask restaurant on the approach to the Chapelfield shopping mall in Norwich earlier today, I detected two diners sitting outside in the sun, drinking rosé wine and sharing a joint. Well, it is the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love!
All aboard the Roman Roads Subway Map!


There are all kinds of Scrappy Cats to keep you company. Inspired by my own, now long-gone, scrappy cat!
Two tall mugs to choose from, one with the cloud pattern carried through to the backside, and one with a lariat featured on back. Mid-range porcelain - 4 ¾ x 3 ½ - both hold a good 10 oz. - the perfect size for coffee, tea and chai!
These guys are strong, but on the thin side - probably not for the kids! You best wash these by hand and keep 'em out of the microwave.


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Q: How do I make code inside of a C# method act on a timer?  static void DoThing()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Do thing 1");

        // After a delay, I want it to do thing 2

        Console.WriteLine("Do thing 2");
    }

Basically want something like this. When the method is called, I want it to do the first thing right away, but then after a set amount of time has passed, do the second thing.
Is it possible to do it this way, or am I missing something?

A: You can use Task.Delay():
static async Task DoThing(int delayTimeInMilliseconds)
{
   Console.WriteLine("Do thing 1");

   await Task.Delay(delayTimeInMilliseconds);

   Console.WriteLine("Do thing 2");
}


These are the first pictures of Honda's new CB1300 and updated Hornet 600.
You can see more pictures and read the new Hornet's full spec in the latest issue of MCN, out Wednesday, December 4. You'll be able to read about the CB1300 in the December 11 issue.
The CB1300 is similar to the Japan market-only CB1300, but with a 4-2-1 single exhaust rather than the double exhausts of the CB1300. It also features Honda's H-VIX exhaust valve system to boost low-down torque.
It's aimed squarely at Suzuki's big-selling GSX1400, but despite giving away 100cc to the Suzuki, Honda's machine is 9kg (19.8lb) lighter than its 228kg (502lb) rival. It's expected to match the Suzuki in horsepower - 100bhp to comply with Japanese, French and German power limits.
With more power and, crucially, a longer range the new Hornet 600 promises an even bigger buzz than the old model.
While the Hornet was already a big seller, Honda has listened to owners and tweaked the bike to make it even more appealing.
One major gripe was the poor tank range, with its 16-litre tank the original machine, updated slightly in 1999, barely passed 90 miles before running on to reserve.
The new bike sports a 17-litre tank. Not a huge improvement, but Honda reckons it means owners will see a 10 per cent increase in range before the new fuel light, replacing the old, hard to reach, reserve tap, comes on.
The CBR600-derived motor sticks with carbs, but gains a hike in power, up from a claimed 91bhp to 95bhp.
The ride has also been uprated, with stiffer springs and revised damper settings up front with a similar tweak to the rear shock.
The look of the bike has been freshened up, too and reflects the more modern look of its bigger capacity sibling, the Hornet 900.
The Hornet should be priced at around £4300 complemented by a half-faired version for around £500 more. Both the CB1300 and the Hornet are expected to go on sale in the Spring.
Click on the link on the right to tell us what you think of the new Hornet 600.
Half-faired but twice as practical?


Bridge will show them in the order above and Photoshop -> Automate -> Batch will open them in the reverse order.
I want them to be the same as I sometimes build scripts assuming the correct file order is displayed. Almost every other program I know of sorts them the way Photoshop does and not Bridge so I would vote Bridge should be fixed.
Since I suppose there are some Bridge users out there who actually like Bridge detecting some characters are a number and doing a clever numeric sort instead of alpha sort, I suppose a preference option is called for.
So Windows would appear to be "the odd one out" for general list display order.
Going by the sequence number, it would appear that there is indeed a different processing order taking place... Repeating the test with the files selected in Bridge as the source for the Batch, the same order is output, breaking the Bridge sort which would appear to confirm that Photoshop's Batch command uses a different sort order – regardless of the source being set to Folder or Bridge.
P.S. Bridge offers the ability to drag items to create a custom sort view, overriding the apparent standard view (which can be reset by clicking on the name column header, switching the arrow from ascending to descending and back to ascending).


Go Hydrology!: Best deal in town?
How much water can I buy for $75?
Turns out quite a lot from my tap.
Conservation makes it even better.
Five thousand five hundred gallons per month fills up a 30 ft long by 15 ft wide by 3.5 ft deep pool about six times per year.
And that's just one house!
Winter is south Florida's high water use time of year. It's also the time of year when supplies are at their lowest due to low rainfall and, in the spring, increasing ET.


Set in the haunting and barren landscape of a new ice age, AFTER THE SNOW is the story of fifteen-year-old Willo, a 'straggler' kid who loses his family in the opening pages. Completely alone, he is immediately flung into an icy journey of survival, adventure, friendship and self-discovery – with only the dog spirit inside his head to guide him. Meanwhile, across Britain, outlawed followers of survivalist John Blovyn are planning an escape to the fabled Islands talked of in a revolutionary book . . .
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Le Novye Izvestija () è un quotidiano russo, pubblicato a Mosca.

Storia
Il quotidiano Novye Izvestija fu fondato il 24 ottobre 1997 da un gruppo di giornalisti dimissionari dalla Izvestia, storico quotidiano russo. Questo gruppo di giornalisti aveva il supporto economico di Boris Berezovsky. Dopo le elezioni di Vladimir Putin a presidente della Russia nel 2000, la Novye Izvestija divenne fortemente critica verso il nuovo governo, criticandolo soprattutto per la deriva antidemocratica e per la guerra cecena.

Quando Boris Berezovsky si trasferì a Londra, Oleg Mitvol ottenne da lui il 76% della proprietà del quotidiano, ma in realtà Berezovsky continuava a sostenere finanziariamente l'impresa. Comunque il 20 febbraio 2003 Oleg Mitvol, in qualità di presidente del consiglio d'amministrazione insieme agli altri membri del consiglio, accusò il direttore generale Igor Golembiovsky d'appropriazione indebita dei fondi del giornale e lo licenziò, senza avvertire gli altri giornalisti e redattori proprietari del rimanente 24% del giornale. Le pubblicazioni furono sospese. Boris Berezovsky contestò la mossa di Mitvol dicendo che essa aveva un movente politico visto che il quotidiano si opponeva al presidente Vladimir Putin. Lo stesso giorno fu pubblicato un articolo di Vladimir Pribylovsky riguardo l'emergente culto della personalità di Vladmir Putin.

Diversi importanti giornalisti delle Novye Izvestija, compreso Golembiovsky, fondarono in appena due mesi un quotidiano più piccolo e più cauto chiamato Russkij kur'er. Novye Izvestija riprese le pubblicazioni sotto il direttore generale Valery Yakov, ex vicedirettore generale, che pur essendosi opposto al licenziamento di Golembiovsky decise di non lasciare la Novye Izvestija. Comunque alla ripresa delle pubblicazioni le critiche al governo si fecero più sfumate e prudenti.

Note

Voci correlate
 Izvestija
 Pravda
 Russkiy Kurier
 Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti

Collegamenti esterni

Quotidiani russi

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Nine Town Scam CS:GO — Everything You Need to Know
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is an incredibly popular online first-person shooter game that has millions of players all over the world. Unfortunately, this popularity has led to a rise in scams, particularly those related to Steam, the primary platform for CS:GO.
One such scam is the Nine Town scam, which has been around for years and continues to be a problem for many players. In this blog post, we'll discuss how you can avoid this CS:GO Nine Town scam.
How to Avoid CS:GO Steam Scams Like Nine Town
Tip #1: Make Sure Your Account is Secure
Before a player puts their information into a website, the first step you need to do is follow Valve's Steam app's service called "two-factor authentication," which sends users a unique code every time they log in.
Scammers won't be able to get into the account because they have to enter the code for the login to work. A phone number or email address can be used to sign up through the Steam client.
Tip #2: Use Different Passwords for Your Steam Account and Email Address
After turning on 2FA, the next step is to make sure that players aren't using the same password for both their Steam account and their email address.
If they are, it's easy for scammers to use the stolen account information to log into a player's email and lock down the account before the player even knows what happened. This is an important step most players overlook.
Since a player's email is always needed to steal or recover a Steam account, making sure it is safe is just as important as not falling for a scam in the first place.
Tip #3: Avoid Messages From Friends Asking Players to Log Into Any Third-Party Site
People from all over the world can play games together on Steam, but this is both a risk and a benefit in this case. Players need to be careful when clicking on links sent through Steam, which can be dangerous [1].
When players try to log in to third-party sites that send them to Steam, they need to look for a small picture of a lock.
Many sites, like CS:GO stats sites or trading forums, let players log in with their Steam credentials, but it's up to the player to use the tools available to keep their accounts safe. It's the internet's version of a name tag, and it tells users that the website they're logging into is owned by Valve.
When players click on it, they'll see a screen that says the website belongs to Valve Corporation, which means it's safe to log in. Users should leave right away if there is no lock.
Tip #4: Be Smart
Players can protect their Steam accounts in a lot of different ways, but the simplest things they can do before they get scammed are the ones that make the most difference.
If a player loses their password, the process can be time-consuming. But it's much better than losing their whole account and all the money they've put into it.
In conclusion, it's important to be aware of how to avoid CS:GO Steam scams like Nine Town. This includes making sure your account is secure, using different passwords for your Steam account and email address, and avoiding messages from friends asking players to log into any third-party site.
Additionally, it's important to be smart and be aware of the different types of scams.
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Everyone loves prawns and everyone loves the creamy tang of a Marie Rose sauce. However, it's not very good for you if you are trying to lose a little bit of weight. By mixing prawns with our Granny's Original Tarragon Dressing it gives you all the creamy-tangy yumminess of a traditional sauce but without the hefty calorie count.
Accompany with the salad of your choice I've gone 70's and paired the prawns with a groovy choice of avocado, rocket, roasted peppers and sprinkled some Munchy Seeds on top, for a bit of texture.


Discussion in 'Welcomes and Introductions' started by audiophile, Sep 30, 2011.
I've been watching closely as a compact system user, how Sony has been developing very interesting sensors! Before that i was drooling on the Sony's FF body. At the moment just yesterday i posted a facebook status how Sony has the best compact system for wide and low-light fotos, that is the NEX5 with the most interesting NEX lens, 16mm f/2.8 pancake. That is a very competitive, maybe best combo for today. As for the future, i will be expecting more compact wide aperture lenses. You'll need more below f/2 lenses and absolutely smaller lenses. Best of luck in the competition.
a m43 user for the convenience, for now but open mind for the best system.
Welcome to the forum. I am also new here and excited to be a member of this forum as I found many informative threats here. I am here to get updates about latest technology and hope to make some friends here.


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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in April 23, 1564. He was baptized on April 26 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwichshire. William was the third of eight children. His father was John Shakespeare. He was a glove maker in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. John was respected man in the town. His mother was Mary Arden. She married John in 1557. Mary was the daughter of a farmer.
At the age of 7 William attended the Stratford grammar school with other boys of his social class. He was in school nine hours a day. They attended classes year around, except for three holidays. The students studied Latin, the language of Rome. They needed Satin to have a career in medicine, law, or ...
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Shakespeare arrived in London about 1588 and by 1592 and had success as an actor and playwright. He secured the patronage of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. William Shakespeare�s professional life in London was marked by a number of financially advantageous arrangements that permitted him to share in the profits of his acting company. his plays were given special presentation at the courts of Queen Elizabeth 1 and King James 1. He risked losing royal favor only once, in 1599, when his company performed �the play of the deposing and killing of King Richard II� at the request of a group of conspirators against Elizabeth. Shakespeare�s dramatic production lessened after about 1608.
He spent most of his time were he had established his family. William Shakespeare died in 1616, and was buried in the Stratford church.
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One of the most eye-opening day trips in New Orleans is the plantation tours. On this trip, we get a first-hand look at US history and the events that lead up to the Civil War with a tour of the Whitney and Oak Alley Plantations. The Whitney plantation shows the perspective of the people who worked as a the slaves, and Oak Alley shows the perspective of the plantation owners. It is a story of wealth, grandeur, and tragedy. It's a tour we won't forget and we hope you visit during your trip to New Orleans.
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Yesterday, I lost my best friend to Cancer. After a 14 year battle, Keith Bernacki gave this round to the disease. It was a fight until the very end in many ways. I write this to share pictures and stories and invite other friends to respond posting their own accounts of special memories with Keith. Whether those be at sports competions or other venues. I know there are plenty and I will share some of my own along the way. I want this tribute to be a celebration of his life and what his friendship meant.
Here is a letter that I created for Keith, coupled with pictures from years past.
I have crafted a brief note describing the importance of our relationship and what it is about you that impresses me. I will focus on your strength, athleticism, modesty, integrity and responsibility.
I am sure you realize the effect your actions have on others. In fact I think you appreciate it to such a degree that you take ownership of it, understanding that others draw strength from you. You have been asked to shoulder such a burden with very few periods of respite. Your cross is crippling, but you accept it and push on.
I don't think I have ever told you, but when I am at the gym and I feel I cannot lift one more rep, running and I cannot go on, or feeling down about my own physical ailments I think about how you would react in the same situation and it keeps me going, at least for a bit more.
You were always the top athlete. I felt above average but always stood in your shadow. I have never meet anyone who can excel at such a variety of sports, it can be frustrating, but soon I learned to accept that you are up there and I needed to stop trying to be better and just play to the highest level I can and appreciate the time together.
There are so many memories I have that revolve around sports.
Getting you to start a ping pong game as soon as we got downstairs so I could try to squeeze a couple wins out before you get in the zone, playing basketball in the driveway, hoping to launch a few threes instead of getting inside shots swapped. Even in tennis I can remember you beating me 6-3 when I was on Varsity and you were on JV and how much it pissed me off. I won't even talk about golf or soccer. Regardless, I eventually learned to just enjoy the time and not get frustrated by the score.
Along with the athleticism came a surprising amount of modesty and humbleness. Unless you were intentionally trying to get me going, you never bragged about your skills, but rather focused on other's game and encouraged what they did well. This carried over into all aspects of your life, not focusing on your issues but on what has been going on in our lives.
You always had a level of integrity. You took the high road, treating all with respect.
I would often be less than stellar in my relationships with family, friends and women, but you rarely took that path. I have finally gotten to that level of self respect and integrity but it took me a long time, while you always possessed it.
Finally I wanted to touch on your sense of responsibility. I have mentioned it a bit throughout; your ability to shoulder a burden without complaint or whining. It was never someone else's fault, just something that happened and a, "what do we do now" type attitude. You obviously did not want to get sick, but you were not going to let it define you or your goals. I see people every day that suffer from the depression that comes along with cancer, heart trouble, even simple ailments easily preventable, and they act as if their life has been shattered, which it has, but you never let the public see that side of you. I have no doubt that all of these attributes I have mentioned are intertwined and have worked together to allow you to persevere in the face of difficult odds.
I often jump at the chance to tell an old classmate or friend that I am still friends with you. I am proud you consider me a friend because of the level of respect you have acquired in our community.
PS. as I have told you, the reason there is an RN after my name these days is a direct result of you, and there has been no other accomplishment thus far that I have been more proud of. I will always remember you in the way that I treat others.
I also Wanted to Share with you some stories written about Keith. I have copied them to a Word Document and linked them below.


Very close to local sights and shopping. Easy check in and good WiFi speeds. Friendly crew and good mobile streaming to tv.
The lobby is wonderful. The staff are tremendous. The rooms are spacious and comfortable, although one was a bit noisy. But we were moved without fuss and very efficiently. Coffee and tea making equipment is by request. Good restaurant and bar.
Friendly and helpful staff. Good location. Comfortable bed and nice room.
Check-in process was a nightmare. It took more than one hour until my reservation was finally found and confirmed.
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The Corrections Connection Network News [CCNN], known as Corrections.com, first appeared online in February 1996.
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Q: Derivative in the Gradient Descent Equation? The equation of gradient descent is :
$$ x_{n+1} = x_n - a*{\nabla F(\mathbf{x})} $$
My question: How are we able to substract a slope value ${\nabla F(\mathbf{x})}$ from a coordinate value $x$ on an axis?
I mean ${\nabla F(\mathbf{x})}$ is basically the more complex form of $y/x$ if you have a function like $f(x)=y$. So it becomes something like $x_{new} = x_{old} - coefficient*y/x $. And here it doesn't make sense to substract $y/x$ from $x$ to get a new $x$ value.


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Celtics Waive Nick King, Jeff Roberson
October 9th, 2018 at 4:46pm CST by ChrisCrouse
The Celtics have waived Nick King and Jeff Roberson, according to the team's Twitter feed. The pair of forwards had agreed to Exhibit 10 deals with Boston earlier last month.
King went undrafted out of Middle Tennessee State and spent Summer League playing for the Lakers. Roberson also went undrafted and saw limited action for the Warriors' summer league squad. Both players are expected to play for the Celtics' G League team, the Maine Red Claws.
Boston now has 18 players under contract, including its pair of players on two-way deals. The team will need to make one more move before the season begins, as the maximum roster count is 17.
The decision on Boston's final roster spot may come down to Jabari Bird, who has a guaranteed salary but is dealing with legal issues, vs. Marcus Georges-Hunt, who is on a non-guaranteed deal.
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Celtics Sign Bibbs, King, Roberson To Training Camp Deals
September 6th, 2018 at 9:57am CST by Arthur Hill
The Celtics have signed three players to training camp contracts, tweets Keith Smith of RealGM.com. The new additions are Justin Bibbs, Nick King and Jeff Roberson, all of whom agreed to Exhibit 10 deals. All three are rookies who weren't selected in June's draft.
A 6'5″ guard from Virginia Tech, Bibbs played for the Celtics' entry in the Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 5.0 points in six games. King, a 6'7″ forward out of Middle Tennessee State, was with the Lakers this summer and played 10 games in the Las Vegas and Sacramento leagues, averaging 8.6 PPG and 4.7 RPG. Roberson, a 6'6″ forward from Vanderbilt, saw limited action with the Warriors' Summer League team and posted 1.6 PPG in five games in Las Vegas.
The signings give Boston a full 20-man roster heading into training camp. The Celtics have 15 players with fully guaranteed contracts, along with the three Exhibit 10 deals and P.J. Dozier and Walt Lemon on two-way contracts.
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Draft Notes: Sixers, Z. Smith, Pacers, Suns, Wolves
The Sixers' previously-reported workout with Villanova wing Mikal Bridges is taking place today, but Bridges isn't the only prospect in town to get a look from the club. According to a press release, the 76ers also hosted a group workout today, with Marcus Derrickson (Georgetown), Marcus Foster (Creighton), Donte Ingram (Loyola Chicago), Nick King (Middle Tennessee State), MiKyle McIntosh), and Zhaire Smith (Texas Tech) taking part.
Speaking of Smith, his busy workout schedule will continue, with an audition for the Hornets still on tap, as Jessica Camerato of NBC Sports Philadelphia tweets. We previously heard that Smith also has a workout lined up with Phoenix.
Let's round up a few more draft-related notes…
The Pacers will host their fourth pre-draft workout on Wednesday, and Marcus Foster (Creighton) will be earning a second look after working out for the club last week. Jordan Barnett (Missouri), Robert Johnson (Indiana), Quentin Snider (Louisville), Jae'Sean Tate (Ohio State), and Yuta Watanabe (George Washington) will also participate in the workout.
As we wait for an official early entrant list for the 2018 NBA draft, news of withdrawal decisions continues to trickle in. According to Sportando (Twitter link), Italian forward Leonardo Tote pulled out of the draft before Monday's deadline.
The Suns brought in a pair of prospects for a closer look today, auditioning Icelandic center Tryggvi Hlinason and Arizona big man Dusan Ristic, according to the club.
Jacob Evans (Cincinnati), De'Anthony Melton (USC), Billy Preston (Bosnia), and Zach Lofton (New Mexico State) were among the prospects who worked out for the Timberwolves on Monday, per Darren Wolfson of 5 Eyewitness News (all Twitter links).
De'Anthony Melton
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Dusan Ristic
Jae'Sean Tate
Jordan Barnett
Leonardo Tote
MiKyle McIntosh
Quentin Snider
Tryggvi Hlinason
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Lakers Rumors: Lopez, Clarkson, Draft Workouts
June 8th, 2018 at 10:57pm CST by Dana Gauruder
Brook Lopez's ability to space the floor would make him a good match with the Bucks, according to Frank Urbina of HoopsHype. Lopez's 3-point shooting would open up the floor for Giannis Antetokounmpo. However, the Bucks are already over the projected salary-cap limit and would thus only be able to offer the unrestricted free agent their non-taxpayer mid-level exception. Other potential landing spots for Lopez if he doesn't re-sign with the Lakers include the Trail Blazers, who could lose restricted free agent Jusuf Nurkic, and the Nets, his former team.
We have more on the Lakers:
Jordan Clarkson's struggles in the playoffs make it clear that the Lakers got the best of their trade deadline deal with the Cavaliers, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report opines. Clarkson was benched in Game 3 after making only 23.1% percent of his shots attempts in the first two games and he shot just 30.9% in prior playoff games, Pincus notes. Clarkson also hasn't been a playmaker, doling out just one assist over the last eight games, Pincus continues. The Lakers also gave up forward Larry Nance Jr. while getting back Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye and a first-round pick. The draft pick, plus Thomas' expiring contract, sets up the Lakers for a potentially momentous summer, Pincus adds.
The Lakers will work out mainly second-round prospects on Saturday, according to a team release. Brian Bowen II, Jacob Evans (Cincinnati), Wenyen Gabriel (Kentucky), Tra Holder (Arizona State), Nick King (Middle Tennessee) and Theo Pinson (North Carolina) will pay a visit. Evans is the top-rated prospect in the group, currently ranked No. 29 overall by ESPN's Jonathan Givony.
What are the team's biggest offseason questions? Hoops Rumors' Luke Adams takes a closer look.
Larry Nance Jr.
Tra Holder
Central Notes: Pacers, Budenholzer, Bulls, Tate
June 6th, 2018 at 10:35pm CST by clarkcrum
The Pacers will host their first pre-draft workout tomorrow morning and it too will consist of six participants, per an official release from the team. The highest rated players are UNLV big man Brandon McCoy and Wichita State guard Landry Shamet.
ESPN's Jonathan Givony has Shamet coming off the board at No. 50 in the second round to the Pacers, so it makes sense that he'd be one of the first prospects they brought in. The Pacers also have the No. 23 overall selection. Meanwhile, McCoy is rated as the No. 70 overall prospect by Givony.
In addition to Shamet and McCoy, the Pacers will also host Jaylen Adams (St. Bonaventure), Marcus Foster (Creighton), Nick King (Middle Tennessee State), and Yante Maten (Georgia).
There is more tonight from the Central Division:
Newly hired Bucks' head coach Mike Budenholzer is bringing five of his six assistants from Atlanta to join his staff in Milwaukee, reports Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Those assistants are Darvin Ham, Taylor Jenkins, Ben Sullivan, Patrick St. Andrews, and Charles Lee.
In a Q&A session, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune answers fans' questions regarding the Bulls possibly trading up in the draft order to snag Texas big man Mohamed Bamba, the rumored promise to draft Boise State's Chandler Hutchison at pick No. 22, and more. Ultimately, while still early on in the process, Johnson currently sees the Bulls taking Duke's Wendell Carter Jr. at No. 7.
In addition to working out for the Jazz, forward Jae'Sean Tate from Ohio State will also work out for the Bulls, according to Bill Landis of cleveland.com.
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Central Rumors: Bulls, Pacers, McMillan, Cavs
June 6th, 2018 at 1:33pm CST by Luke Adams
Although the Bulls could have the opportunity to open up a sizable amount of cap room this summer, there has been a sense that the team doesn't intend to make a big splash in 2018. Chicago is still in its rebuilding stage and isn't ready to contend quite yet, so saving that cap space for a future offseason makes more sense.
Nonetheless, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski suggested during a Tuesday TV appearance that the Bulls could be "sneaky" in free agency (video link via Rob Lopez of DefPenHoops). According to Wojnarowski, Chicago's young core is attractive to players around the league, and the team may be accelerating its rebuild.
While the Bulls aren't likely to make a play for a top veteran free agent like LeBron James or Paul George, they could be worth watching on the restricted free agent market for a player who better fits their timeline, tweets Mark Schanowski of NBC Sports Chicago.
Here's more from around the Central:
During his appearance on ESPN on Tuesday night, Wojnarowski also suggested that the Pacers may discuss an extension for head coach Nate McMillan this summer (Twitter link via Sagar Trika). McMillan reportedly signed a three-year contract when he joined the team in 2016, so he'd be entering the final year of his deal if there's no new agreement in place.
The Pacers are holding their first pre-draft workout of 2018 on Thursday, according to a team release. Indiana will take a first-hand look at Jaylen Adams (St. Bonaventure), Marcus Foster (Creighton), Nick King (Middle Tennessee State), Yante Maten (Georgia), Brandon McCoy (UNLV), and Landry Shamet (Wichita State).
While Villanova wing Mikal Bridges won't visit the Cavaliers for an audition, Cleveland's front office attended an earlier workout for Bridges hosted by agent Rich Paul, per Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com.
Former Grizzlies executive Ed Stefanski, recently hired by the Pistons as a special advisor, spoke to Keith Langlois of Pistons.com about his six-hour interview with team owner Tom Gores.
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Draft Workouts: Walker, Clippers, A.J. Davis, Hawks
Miami guard Lonnie Walker IV, considered a potential lottery pick, had his first pre-draft workout on Sunday when he met with the Hornets, tweets Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer. According to Bonnell, Walker indicated that he'll audition for about six more teams, all of whom are picking in the 10-to-20 range in this month's draft.
Jonathan Givony of ESPN.com has Walker going to the Clippers at No. 13 in his most recent mock draft, noting that the former Hurricane is a candidate to increase his stock during the pre-draft process due to his " youth, strong frame, wingspan, and ability to shoot with his feet set or off the dribble."
Here are more updates on pre-draft workouts, including another note on the Clippers:
The Clippers are hosting six prospects for a workout today, with De'Anthony Melton (USC), Drew Eubanks (Oregon State), Zhaire Smith (Texas Tech), Troy Brown Jr. (Oregon), Angel Delgado (Seton Hall), and Brandon Sampson (LSU) getting a look from the club (Twitter link).
UCF forward A.J. Davis, the son of former NBA big man Antonio Davis, will audition for the Bulls, Pacers, and Magic, a league source tells Michael Scotto of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Jacob Evans (Cincinnati), Devonte' Graham (Kansas), Nick King (Middle Tennessee State), Jeff Roberson (Vanderbilt), Landry Shamet (Wichita State), and Zach Thomas (Bucknell) make up the latest group of Hawks workout participants, according to the team.
Texas A&M big man Tyler Davis is among the prospects working out for the Knicks on Wednesday, per Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com (Twitter link).
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Devonte' Graham
Drew Eubanks
Troy Brown
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Draft Notes: Ponds, Lakers, Grizzlies, Cavaliers
May 8th, 2018 at 9:46am CST by Luke Adams
The NBA draft lottery is still a week away, but teams have already started bringing in prospects for pre-draft workouts. Those workouts are especially important for early entrants who are still testing the waters, since they're a great opportunity for those players to find out where they stand with NBA teams.
One of those players is St. John's guard Shamorie Ponds, who entered the draft process this spring as a sophomore, and will have until May 30 to decide whether to withdraw and return to school for his junior year. According to Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com (Twitter link), Ponds has already worked out for the Celtics, and has auditions for the Nets and Cavaliers lined up this weekend.
Here are a few more draft-related updates, with a focus on workouts:
The Lakers worked out six prospects on Monday, bringing in Udoka Azubuike (Kansas), Keita Bates-Diop (Ohio State), Rob Gray (Houston), Jalen Hudson (Florida), Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. (Baylor), and Caleb Martin (Nevada) for a look, according to a team release.
The Grizzlies are holding a draft workout on Tuesday for C.J. Anderson (Massachusetts), Leron Black (Illinois), Terence Davis (Ole Miss), Rob Gray (Houston), Jemerrio Jones (New Mexico State), and Nick King (Middle Tennessee State), the club announced in a press release.
The Cavaliers brought in San Diego State prospect Jalen McDaniels for a 1-on-1 workout before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, a league source tells Michael Scotto of The Athletic (Twitter link).
In a full article for The Athletic, Scotto spoke to several NBA evaluators to get their thoughts on some of this year's top New York-born prospects, including Mohamed Bamba, Hamidou Diallo, and Rawle Alkins.
C.J. Anderson
Jalen Hudson
Jemerrio Jones
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr.
Keita Bates-Diop
Leron Black
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Missy Elliott delivers the hits during epic 2019 MTV VMAs performance: Watch
A legendary performance from the Video Vanguard Honoree
by Nina Corcoran and Lake Schatz
Missy Elliott performing at the 2019 MTV VMAs
It's been years and other MCs still ain't got nothing on Missy Elliott. The legendary rapper took the stage at this year's MTV VMAs to perform an epic medley of her biggest hits, including "Get Ur Freak On", "Work It", "Pass That Dutch", "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)," and "Lose Control". The 2019 recipient of the Video Vanguard Award also threw down "Throw It Back", a single from her recently released Iconology project.
Drawing inspiration from her now-classic and iconic music videos, Missy's performance featured stage props galore (fire, scarecrows, you name it) and the kind of choreography you'll remember for decades. Further nodding to her past, her "Work It" segment included the return of dancer Alyson Stoner, who notably starred in the single's original video.
Replay the entire performance below, and catch all this year's VMA performances here.
Missy was also honored with the Video Vanguard Award following an introduction from Cardi B. Missy's broken plenty of ground in her career — from being the only female rapper with six platinum albums to being the first female hip-hop artist inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame — but perhaps her most reputable victory is the continued release of iconic music videos. Armed with an unending flow of creativity, innovation, and influence, she's gone on to change the music video playing field. So it's fitting she's MTV's Video Vanguard Honoree, joining the ranks of Beyoncé, Madonna, and Kanye West.
In her acceptance speech, Missy thanked artists like Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Peter Gabriel, and Madonna. She also dedicated the performance to "every dance community out there," noting that dancers "aren't just props… you are the beat to the heart."
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Mexican police chief investigating missing man killed
Image caption The body of Tiffany Hartley's husband, David, has yet to be found
A Mexican police chief investigating the disappearance of a US man on a lake bordering Mexico earlier this month has been found dead.
Commander Rolando Flores was working on the case of tourist David Hartley, whose wife reported that he had been shot by pirates on Falcon Lake.
Texas Governor Rick Perry said Mr Flores's death was a message from a gang to "stay out of their territory".
However, Mexican officials have said Mr Flores was working on multiple cases.
By Julian MiglieriniBBC News, Mexico City
David Hartley's reported death earlier this month did little to allay fears in the US that the soaring violence in parts of Mexico is becoming more and more palpable for those north of the border.
Now, the murder of Rolando Flores, the main investigator in the Hartley case, increases those concerns.
Mexican authorities have suggested that Mr Flores's murder was not necessarily related to that specific case, but Mr Hartley's wife and Texas Governor Rick Perry seemed not to hesitate to make the link.
Until the circumstances of both deaths are clarified, many in Mexico will link them to the violence - mostly drug-related - that has engulfed the Mexican state of Tamaulipas over the past few months.
Mr Perry told the Associated Press news agency that he thought the killing was an "attempt to intimidate law enforcement, no matter who they are or where they are".
According to Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez, the head of the decapitated police commander was found on Tuesday in a suitcase outside a Mexican army base, AP reports.
Mr Hartley's wife, Tiffany, said she and her husband were crossing the lake on jet skis when they were attacked and shot at by pirates from a speedboat.
Her husband was shot and fell into the water and she was forced to flee as the men continued to fire, she added.
The US State Department has issued repeated travel warnings to Americans traveling to or living in Mexico, particularly in relation to the area just south of the border.


Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has signed a short-term contract Thursday on loan to German giants Bayern Munich after impressing coach Jürgen Klinsmann on his 10-day trial.
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Opinion filed November 27, 1950.
WRIT OF ERROR to the Circuit Court of Hancock County; the Hon. RILEY E. STEVENS, Judge, presiding.
S. PAUL FERRIN, and ROY P. HULL, both of Peoria, for plaintiff in error.
IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and PRESTON W. KIMBALL, State's Attorney, of Carthage, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.
Plaintiff in error, Ralph Winford Berry, was indicted in the circuit court of Hancock County for the crime of grand larceny. The indictment contained five counts. Counts 1 and 2 charged the stealing of 139 bushels of corn from Mertie Cox, or his custodian. Count 3 alleged stealing 65 bushels of corn from Ernest James. Counts 4 and 5 involved stealing 91 bushels of corn from E.D. Crawford, or his custodian. The dates of these alleged larcenies were claimed to be May 16 and May 20, 1949.
"Thereupon, by leave of court, Defendant withdraws his plea of not guilty and tenders a plea of guilty to the crime of grand larceny in manner and form as charged in the third Count of the indictment herein, which said plea is accepted by the State's Attorney on the part of the said People. Thereupon the court admonishes the said Defendant of the effects and consequences of his said plea and the said Defendant still persists in his said plea of guilty to the crime of grand larceny in the manner and form as charged in the third count of the indictment. Whereupon the plea aforesaid is received and entered by the Court. Therefore it is found by the Court that the Defendant, Ralph Winford Berry, is guilty of the crime of grand larceny in the manner and form as charged in the third count of the indictment herein."
After an application for probation was denied, the defendant was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than ten years.
The first point made is that there was an improper joinder of offenses in the indictment, which renders the indictment void, and consequently a plea of guilty thereto, or to any part, would not authorize imprisonment or punishment of any sort by reason thereof. Plaintiff in error relies principally upon the case of Kotter v. People, 150 Ill. 441, in which instance there was an indictment charging three separate forgeries, but, while the court commented that an indictment charging three separate distinct offenses in the same indictment was improper, it also recognized the general rule that in such instances the prosecutor could be called upon to elect which charge he would set for trial. There was no election made by the People, or required by the court, and since the defendant was required to go to trial upon three distinct offenses, over his objections, error intervened. And, moreover, the court held the question could be raised by a motion to quash, or by the court ordering an election to try only one of the offenses charged in separate counts of the indictment, and found that there was no intent upon the part of the plaintiff in error to forge, because he thought he had authority from the person whose name was placed upon the receipt, and the court actually reversed the case without a remanding order because it found that the defendant could not be guilty of forgery in that particular case, and did not hold further than indicated above.
The rule applicable to this situation has been announced several times. ( Goodhue v. People, 94 Ill. 37; West v. People, 137 Ill. 189; People v. Bernstein, 250 Ill. 63; People v. Perrello, 350 Ill. 231; People v. Tinnell, 385 Ill. 537.) The court made an exhaustive review of the subject in the West case, 137 Ill. 189, citing many authorities, and reached the conclusion that the inclusion of separate offenses of the same character in different counts did not invalidate the indictment and was not error if the prosecutor elected to proceed on only one count. The rule is succinctly stated in People v. Bernstein, 250 Ill. 63, as follows: "If two or more offenses grow out of one transaction and are of such a nature that the defendant may be found guilty of both, the prosecutor will not be required to elect for which offense charged in the indictment he will ask a conviction. He will only be required to elect when the offenses charged in the different counts are actually distinct from each other and do not arise out of the same transaction." This principle was followed in the case of People v. Tinnell, 385 Ill. 537.
We think there was an actual election in the instant case because, while the plaintiff in error was charged in one indictment with several larcenies, he tendered a plea of guilty to the third count, the record disclosing "which said plea is accepted by the State's Attorney on the part of the People," which clearly indicates that by the defendant withdrawing his plea of not guilty to the whole indictment, and tendering a plea of guilty to the third count, with the consent of the State's Attorney, it was the purpose of the parties to elect that the defendant be sentenced on one count only, which was clearly within the accepted practice in such cases.
The plaintiff in error refers also to the cases of People v. Jones, 291 Ill. 52, and People v. Fitzgerald, 297 Ill. 264, but those cases refer to the Kotter case only by way of dicta, because in each of those cases the convictions were affirmed because it is disclosed that the same act is charged in the different counts, while one act constituted different crimes, and, accordingly, under a settled rule that where the one act constitutes different offenses, they may all be joined in one indictment and tried together. ( People v. Borrelli, 392 Ill. 481; People v. Tinnell, 385 Ill. 537.) We think that this objection cannot be sustained.
It is also claimed that the allegation as to value in the third count was insufficient to create a crime of grand larceny. As noted above, the printed figures of value were "Eight-one Dollars and Ninety Cents," followed by the figures in symbols "($81.90)." It also appears that the figures and words indicated the value of 65 bushels of ear corn in the year 1949. It has been a long time since ear corn was of the value of less than eight cents per bushel, and this fact connected with the figures following the words indicates a misprision or mistake upon the part of the writer of the indictment. In addition to the foregoing, the court found the defendant guilty of grand larceny. It is well settled that when the indictment is drawn in such a manner that the defendant is fully informed of the crime with which he is charged, the only way in which he may take advantage of the informality of the indictment is by a motion to quash, specifically pointing out the defect in the indictment. ( People v. Kocielko, 404 Ill. 54; People v. Brosnan, 361 Ill. 545; People v. Corbett, 387 Ill. 41.) Here, the defendant entered a plea of guilty. He knew the indictment charged the stealing of sixty-five bushels of corn; that the figures indicated the value was $81.90; and that the judge informed him that the penalty would be imprisonment in the penitentiary. He was undoubtedly aware that the crime charged was grand larceny, and we have been directed to no authority that the mere statement of value in figures and symbols, customarily used throughout the country in the transaction of its business, is a ground for discharge after a plea has been entered and an explanation made. We think this point is without merit.
On oral argument, some suggestion was made that the judgment did not find specifically the value of the property taken, but, as we have pointed out above, the indictment disclosed the value of the corn taken, and the court found he was "guilty of grand larceny in the manner and form as charged in the third count of the indictment." In People v. Carter, 394 Ill. 403, we held that a plea of guilty of grand larceny would not be reversed for the reason the judgment of the court did not contain the value of the property stolen.
We find no error in the proceedings in the trial court, and the judgment of the circuit court of Hancock County is accordingly affirmed.


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Tracking Dolphins in the Adriatic Sea
earthwatch	November 3, 2015 0 Comments
By Brianne Fagan, Earthwatch Intern
After spending 12 hours on planes, trains, and automobiles, we arrived at the small, red-roofed, coastal city of Piran for our Tracking Dolphins in the Adriatic Sea expedition. We quickly loaded into the research boat for what Tilen, the lead investigator, called an "icebreaker" boat ride. Shortly after leaving the marina, our small team received a call from the bell tower where the land team was based with the location of dolphins. And just like that we were off, straight into the middle of the Gulf of Trieste, in the northern end of the Adriatic Sea.
A view of Tartini Square and Piran's marina from the bell tower. A stage is present in the square to host the folklore festival occurring later in the week.
After half an hour, we encountered our first dolphins who warmly welcomed us to Slovenia with a series of acrobatic jumps and splashes. It was the "evening group," as the researchers call them – a large group of dolphins that hang out in the Gulf in the later hours of the day. Tilen snapped photograph after photograph of them while the rest of us called out when another one appeared. This wasn't a difficult task since the dolphins had surrounded us. Amazingly, Tilen began introducing us to them, "That's Moni right there! Hello, Moni!" or, "That's Kat at 3 o'clock with her calf!" This went on for about two hours until the sun began to set. It was then that we broke contact with the dolphins and headed back to Piran. It was also then that I was able to take a minute to absorb the last few hours. I was in the middle of the Adriatic Sea, on a boat with a group of strangers, tracking dolphins.
Some of the evening group is spotted jumping and playing in the distance.
Morigenos and the Slovenian Dolphin Project
Common bottlenose dolphins are a flagship species not only because of their charismatic personalities, but also because of the role they play within their ecosystem. Dolphins are top predators, and as such, serve as an indicator species. This means that a decrease in dolphin health may be indicative of a change to their ecosystem. Morigenos, the Slovenian Marine Mammal Society located in Piran, established a Slovenian Dolphin Project in 2002 in order to monitor the local dolphin population. Before the launch of this project, there was no evidence or information pertaining to dolphins in the region. In fact, marine biologists did not even know that dolphins even existed in the area!
The researchers are able to identify individual dolphins based on the markings and shape of their dorsal fins which, like fingerprints, are distinct from one another. Once they have photographs of the fins, they add them to a photo-ID catalogue and assign them a name. This allows the team to gather information on population size and structure, feeding and social behavior, site fidelity, diet, reproductive rates, survival rates, and various other parameters that can indicate population health.
Dorsal fins have unique shapes, pigmentation, and markings that dolphins acquire throughout their lifetime. ©Morigenos
The Loss of a Dolphin
An assistant, Jan, surveys the water from the bell tower using Big Eyes – an extremely strong pair of binoculars.
About a week into the expedition we were scanning for dolphins from the bell tower when Ana, a lead investigator, noticed something suspicious and called Tilen over to take a look. It was an unwanted and dreaded sight for the team – a dead dolphin, bloated and floating on top of the water.
In these situations, the team will collect the animal and contact their veterinary partner who will later conduct a necropsy to determine the cause of death, if possible. Sometimes the dolphin can be identified with its dorsal fin, unless the fin is no longer viable or the dolphin is not in the ID catalogue. The dorsal fin of this dolphin, unfortunately, was too deteriorated to allow identification.
Although the dolphin may have died of natural causes, there are many human-induced risks to dolphins that may result in decreased health or even death. Some of the most common risks are related to boat traffic, toxins, and bycatch. Boat traffic is rarely the direct cause of death for a dolphin, as dolphins are agile and can usually avoid boat strikes. The real problem is that some boats transmit sound at the same frequencies that dolphins use to communicate, resulting in unsuccessful hunting or general confusion. Toxins, however, can directly impact health. High levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), for example, have been found in the blubber of the Slovenian dolphin population, resulting in decreased reproductive success and weakened immune systems. Bycatch, although highly detrimental in some areas of the world, is fortunately a rare occurrence in the area.
When Ana and I returned from fueling the boat one day, a couple of local fishermen invited us to join them at a local café. As Ana and the fishermen discussed their genuine fears and hopes for the future of Slovenian waters, I sat back and took in the view, appreciated my company, and reflected on the expedition. Although my time in Piran was over, after all of the field work, the unrelenting heat, the countless hours spent surveying for dolphins, I could safely say that I had gathered a sense of the importance and difficulty of such a study, as well as a true appreciation for the life of a dolphin researcher.
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